Rain-water conductor



(No Model.)

W. D. BATES.

- RAIN WATER CONDUCTOR.

No. 352,290. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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WILLIAM n. BATES, or GUTHRIE CENTRE, IOWA.

RAIN-WATER CONDUCTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 352,290, dated November 9, 1886.

Application filed July 19, 1886. Serial No. 208,426. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat 1, WILLIAM D. Barns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Guthrie Centre, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rainater Conductors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to provide means for drainage of rain-water from doors of a building during astorm, thus preventing entrance of the same in under the door, which so frequently results in damage and loss of property; and the invention consists in the arrangement and disposition of the parts com bined to produce the result stated, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' result hereinbefore set forth I employ a long,

metallic frame, A, of any suitable material such as malleable, cast, or galvanized iron, wood, &c.and the rear vertical portion or wall,a,is provided throughout its length with suitable apertures, a,-.for securing the same to the door, at the lower end thereof, by screws or other ordinary means. This wall has a flange, a ,formed on its upper horizontal edge,

' extending rearwardly,so as to fitsn'ugly against the outer surface of the door when secured thereto, as aforesaid. The obj ect of this flanged portion of the wall is to prevent the passage or dripping of the water back of the vertical portion or wall a between the door.

An inclined plate or shelf, B, is made integral with the lower edge of the vertical portion or wall a, said plate or shelf being inclined from either end to the center thereof, at which point is formed a straight or flattened portion, 1), to permit of the draining therefrom of the rain-water. The upper outer ends of this plate or shelf are curved upwardly from about the center of their transverse portion from the extreme ends longitudinally to a point a short distance from the central portion thereof. In

practice, when the vertical wall is secured to the door,the straight or flattened portion 1) of the plate or shelf B is in close alignment with the sill of the door or the upper surface of the floor.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a weather-strip consisting of a trough having capped ends,a lip near oneof said ends,a back higher than the front, and the edge of said back turned so as to form a flange also, that it is not new to construct a door-protector with grooves out laterally across the inner face near its ends butmy invention is designed as an improvement over such devices; and to this end the plate or shelf, which is integral with the rear vertical wall,is inclined from its ends to the center thereof, at which point the same is flattened to permit of the ready running off of the rain-water.

A fu rther advantage in my invention over the invention above first'outlined is, that the same is not liable to get out of order or be rendered useless by as slight damage as would render the said outlined invention inoperative, inasmuch as I dispense with a rearwardly-curved front wall of the trough, and in lieu thereof the plate or shelf is inclined from either end,

as before stated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that any rain-water or snow striking or falling against the door, to which my invention is designed to be applied, will upon coming in contact with the flanged portion of the wall a be caused to glance therefrom and pass on to the plate or shelf B, and by reason of the.curvatnre or bend formed longitudinally in the center of either half of the said plate or shelf be caused to pass down to the central, flattened, 'or straight portion, and thence off from the edge thereof.

With a view of making my invention applicable to doors of different sizes, I form a corrugated or ruffled portion, 0, at each outer end of the wall a and plate or shelf B, so as to permit of the breaking off or removal of a sufficient portion thereof, as may be required, according to the width of the door to which my invention may be applied. The breaking off or removal of the ends, it will be understood, can be effected by any ordinary means.

My invention is simple, cheap,and durable, and can be applied to any door at slight expense, and thepart-s are made integra'htheretion longitudinally, and the straight or flatby not being liable to get out of order or in tened portion formed at the center of said any manner become displaced. plate between theinclined and curved portions Having thus fully described my invention, thereof, substantially as shown and described. 15 5 what I clain1,and desire to secure by Letters In testimony whereofIaflix my signaturein Patent, is presence of two witnesses.

The combination with the'rear vertical Wall having a flange and apertured, of the plate or VILLIAM D Z BATES shelf inclined from either end to the center "Witnesses: 10 thereof, and having its ends curved upwardly OSCAR FORDYOE, from about the center of their transverse por- E. W. WEEKS. 

